Panelists and moderators at the end of the Spring 2015 WGSS symposium "Pleasure and Danger: Sexual Freedom and Feminism Now"

Panelists take questions at the Spring 2015 symposium "Pleasure and Danger: Sexual Freedom and Feminism Now"

Welcome to WGSS

The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Program draws on the humanities, arts, and social and physical sciences to explore the broad range of intellectual questions concerning the social location of women and men and the ways in which gender and sexuality are embedded in and structure our everyday lives. Students are exposed to an ever-evolving body of knowledge that includes a focus on how gender and sexuality relate to other axes of power and identity, including race, class, and ethnicity. The WGSS program offers an undergraduate minor and a graduate certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. We have many opportunities for students, faculty, and scholars. WGSS and the College of Social Sciences and Humanities is the home of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society.

Events

03/14/2018

Novelist and filmmaker Shani Mootoo, in residence at Northeastern as a visiting distinguished writer, will screen her documentary- and narrative- short films as part of the Women Take the Reel Film Festival. Screenings are open to the public.

Simon Purdue

Signs Graduate Assistant Simon Purdue has long considered himself a feminist. From a young age, he questioned the status quo of gender roles and the significance behind gender distinctions. From there on, he became increasingly engaged in gender studies, pursuing gender-centric research in ...

Faculty Spotlight

Libby Adler has been with the Northeastern School of Law since 2000 and has long been a member of the WGSS executive committee. This fall she was jointly appointed in WGSS, making her the first faculty line to the program from a college outside of CSSH. WGSS executive committee meetings are one of A...

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